What is Terrorism?

Dave Iverson

May 24, 2013 at

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Recent news events such as this week’s brutal killing of a British soldier in London, the Boston Marathon bombings, and the Congressional hearings on the Benghazi attacks have renewed a debate that has simmered since 9-11: What qualifies as terrorism?

More: Breaking Down Obama’s New Blueprint For Fighting Terrorism (NPR)
More: What is Terrorism? – Laura Beth Nielson’s article on Aljazeera.com

Guests:

Mark Danner, Chancellor's Professor of Journalism and Politics at the University of California at Berkeley

Frank Gaffney, President and CEO, Center for Security Policy; formerly the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy in the Reagan administration.

Laura Beth Nielsen, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Legal Studies at Northwestern University

Danielle Pletka, Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at American Enterprise Institute

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